The 1980s-tinged soundtrack for "Spider-Man: Homecoming" reinforces how the latest iteration of everyone’s favorite web-slinger won’t be business-as-usual.

The film is a throwback — not to Sam Raimi’s interpretation (featuring Tobey Maguire in the lead role) and certainly not to Marc Webb’s (with Andrew Garfield as the iconic comic-book character).

This version, starring British actor Tom Holland as Peter Parker/Spider-Man, harkens back to Parker as a sophomore in high school. It allows director Jon Watts and a team of screenwriters — six receive screenplay credits, and two get screen story credits, a number that typically spells doom for any film — to delve deeply into what Parker has to contend with at the delicate age of 15.

The journey is among the best in what has become known as the Marvel Cinematic Universe.

In the film, the title character has just returned from helping Iron Man/Tony Stark (Robert Downey Jr.) battle members of his Avengers team, but Stark has him on a leash. The teen can save an elderly lady from a mugger, stop a bike theft or ward off other petty crime — but no big-boy stuff.

Living in Queens, New York, however, Parker cannot help seeing serious crimes — here, in the form of weapons created from alien technology (think the first "Avengers" movie).

Adrian Toomes, a former government contractor (superbly played by Michael Keaton) who was screwed out of his money by the feds, has adapted the tech for profit and himself. Creating a vulturelike persona, he protects his “business” interests.

Parker, curious teen that he is, witnesses some of Toomes' practices and takes it upon himself to dig into them, drawing Stark’s scorn and Toomes’ ire.

'Spider-Man' is charming — a strange description for an action-packed comic-book movie — but Watts, with an excellent turn by Holland, will make viewers who are separated from high school by a decade or more vividly remember the experience.

Parker is eager to employ his superpowers in significant ways by joining the Avengers, but he still displays the immaturity and vulnerabilities of a 15-year-old. His confidence in fighting crime, for example, doesn’t extend to dealing with girls.

This Spidey is a man-child, with an emphasis on the child. He has too much growing up to do before he can assume that he’s worthy of Avengers membership.

Watts, to his credit, is able to get to the heart of those story elements without relying too heavily on teen angst — just enough to get it right.

Holland will grow organically into the Spider-Man role, assuming that this series — along with the inevitable appearances in ancillary Marvel films — continues to be made in the fashion that fans expect.

Keaton continues to remind audiences that he's one of the most underrated actors of the past 40 years. As Toomes/Vulture, he’s sincere and compassionate when appropriate and absolutely menacing when need be. He has always possessed acting range.

No one will forget how Raimi first brought Spider-Man to the screen 15 years ago — and deservedly so. After subsequent installments, however, a course correction proved necessary.

"Spider-Man: Homecoming" is fresh and a bit funky — a worthy entry in the comic-book genre that builds anticipation for where the series, and the character, go next.